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Despite a marked economic growth in Latin America in recent years, public health spending is still insufficient, and is far below the world average. In addition, official development assistance (ODA) to the region has been reduced, especially in the health sector. The result of the reduction in...Read more

On a recent trip to Haiti, we got to know some of the local leaders at Profamil and the communities they serve. In this report, you will read about the challenges they face and the incredible progress they are making every day. They have themselves to thank for driving

Reaching Out is a biannual newsletter we send to our donors. In this edition, you’ll hear from our one of our supporters, Sandy Wynne, about her experience visiting our local partner in the Dominican Republic. You will also learn about how the youth network in Bolivia is shaping the...Read more

We are thankful to have so much progress to share in our 2013 Annual Report and hope you feel invigorated by the lives you have changed. Your participation in the fight for sexual and reproductive...Read more

Gender-based violence remains an all too pervasive reality for women and girls in Latin America and the Caribbean, but underreporting and a lack of quality data makes it difficult to know the full scope of the problem. Collecting data on the issue not only bears witness to the human rights...Read more

Beyond Barriers explores the adolescent sexual and reproductive health context in three Central American countries: Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. The publication provides case studies of our work in each country, synthesizes the latest research regarding the barriers to providing young people...Read more

Reaching Out is a biannual newsletter we send to our donors. In this edition, you’ll hear from our Director of Philanthropic Planning, Tracy Malloy-Curtis, about an innovative approach to teen health care pioneered by our local partner in Mexico. You will also learn about our planned giving...Read more

In collaboration with the Democracy and Sexuality Network (Demysex), the Mesoamerican Coalition for Comprehensive Sexuality Education, and our Member Associations, IPPF/WHR monitors and evaluates the progress governments have made in nineteen Latin American countries—Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil,...Read more

The international human rights framework offers a number of legal tools that support the health care sector’s adoption of a policy for a comprehensive approach to sexual and reproductive health counseling and care, which would not only address maternal morbidity and mortality as a problem of...Read more